Improvement in packages for paints



G. SIDEY.

PACKAGEFOR PAINTS, &c.

No.180,661. Patented Aug.1,1876'..

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enonen SIDEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

|MPROVEMENT IN PACKAGES FOR PAINTS, &c.

Specification forming part-of Letters Patent No. 180,66l, dated August1, 1876; application filed June 6, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE SIDEY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and Iniproved Package forPaint and other Articles, of which the following is a specification:

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The invention consists in causing the upper edge of can-body to bear ina groove and against center of a strip, and providing a flatheaded screwworking in a nut on bottom of can, in order to form a close joint, ashereinafter described.

A is a can, made from sheet metal in the ordinary manner, except thatthe upper edge is turned or inclined inward, and a stamped nut orsocket, B, is soldered to the bottom. The can-cover O is stamped with aninverted V-shaped groove, a, at the outer dge, for the reception of apacking-ring, b. This sets the central portion of the cover down, makinga recess for the screw-head. An aperture, 0, is made in the cover,through which the screw D passes. The screw D engages with the socket ornut B, and is provided with a large flat head, underneath which apacking-ring,

d, is placed. The nut B is countersunk at the top to facilitate enteringthe screw D. The article placed in the can will be hermetically sealedwhen the cover is secured to its place by means of the screw D.

I have described my improved can as having a cover provided with agroove, which at the same time forms a recess vfor the head of thescrew; but, if desired, an ordinary cover may be used, and the screw D,which holds the cover on, may have a conical head, and the cover may becountersunk to receive it, or a wire may be soldered to the bottom ofthe can, and the cover retained by screwing a nut down upon the cover,the wire being threaded for that purpose.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut- A can having the inclined upper edge of body bearingin the groove a of cover, and against the center of strip 1), and aflat-headed screw working in a nut in the bottom of the can, to form aclose joint, as shown and described.

GEORGE SIDE Y.

. Witnesses:

T. B. MosHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

